A Stumble Around Northallerton....

This was my first-ever visit to the administrative centre and county town of North Yorkshire, which sits between York and Darlington on the main East Coast railway line. Read on to see what I found.... It was another hot day in yet another spell of above-average temperatures and I had decided to take advantage of Brighouse Railway Station's elevation as replacement for Huddersfield which was closed as part on the ongoing upgrade of the Trans-Pennine line. This meant plenty of additional services to destinations that do not have a direct service from Brighouse, such as the one I caught around lunchtime which was heading to Redcar Central.I didn't go as far as Redcar, alighting instead a few stations before there at Northallerton. This was my first ever visit to this North Yorkshire market town and administrative centre of around 17,000 people, but the Good Beer Guide had three pubs in it with several others in the town so I reckoned it would be worth a look. The train was quite busy…